(#5297) Democracy extends our lives, tyranny shortens our lives

      Community is like democracy, whereas "dog eat dog" is like tyranny. Civilization has evolved in our communities to dominate our behaviors. We take care of each other not because we love each other per se... but because we have a duty of care to each other under our democratic system. So even the unlovable have a right to not die in the streets if they so choose. Under tyranny the tyrant can end life as he/she deems fit. Look at Russia right now where people of all ages are being forced into fighting in Ukraine despite their own choice to not fight in Ukraine. Tyranny is the pleasure of the tyrant and those who do not bend a knee to them will certainly not end well.
     Rights and freedoms are some hallmarks of democracy and the right to choose is an equally important right. None of these exist in a tyranny because tyrannies are not equal. They are all about the ruler(s) and their desire for what they want or need. The subjects under tyranny are the pawns in a match where danger and death is there fate. 248,000 or more troops in Russia have bled out in Ukraine and no longer exist as human beings. This is just one effect of tyranny. Where the masses are used as cannon fodder in order for the tyrant to obtain an objective. Even if the plan is to send many more thousands to their death no matter to the tyrant.
     Under democracy we the people decide the fate of our destinies not some psychopath who is all in on world domination. Where democracy gives us opportunity to define ourselves, tyranny only gives the tyrant that opportunity. So if the tyrant wants to be a mass murderer, which by the way all tyrants become, then no one can stop them short of a revolution. In a democracy if our leaders become insensitive to the wants and desires of we the people, we can just vote them out in the next election. The people under tyrants have no such option as this. In a tyranny the ruler is the decider of our fates whereas in a democracy we the people are the deciders of our fates. Seems like a no brainer to me to be in a democracy but unfortunately no brainers are becoming less apparent by the day.